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Earthquakes cause these
a) buildings
b) rocks
c) seismic waves
d)

Break in the earth's crust
a) stress
b) fault
c) compression
d) pangaea

Type of fault where the footwall moves down
a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Strike Slip
d)

Type of fault where the footwall moves up
a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Strike Slip
d)

Type of fault where the rock slides past each other
a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Strike Slip
d)

Type of fault where the hanging wall goes down
a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Strike Slip
d)

Fault where the hanging wall goes up
a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Strike Slip
d)

Type of stress that slides past each other
a) tension
b) compression
c) shearing
d)

Type of stress that comes together
a) compression
b) tension
c) shearing
d)

Type of stress that pulls apart
a) tension
b) compression
c) shearing
d)

These seismic waves are the fastest
a) S- Waves
b) P-Waves
c) Surface Waves
d)

These seismic waves are the second fastest
a) S-waves
b) P-Waves
c) Surface Waves
d)

These seismic waves create the most damage
a) P-Waves
b) S-Waves
c) Surface Waves
d)

Molten rock, water, and gases beneath earth's surface
a) magma
b) lava
c) plate tectonnics
d)

magma above earth's surface
a) lava
b) extrinsic magma
c) hot spot
d) clava

volcanoes that don't occur along plate boundaries
a) hot spot
b) plate boundaries
c) divergent boundaries
d)

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